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Tension is a must to acquire instant frantic enthusiasm… and so I must admit the congratulations-mail send by Radio 1 was welcomed with a broad variety of woohoo’s and other yihaa’s.

I’d never been at the Marconi studio. It’s a rather small room (approx. 9×9m ) with a mezzanine at the left side and a striking stair (actually 3) towards it at the back. (the picture below is taken looking down from the mezzanine and shows ¾ of the venue).

The band – in A band in a box-setup – played a subtle set (no jintro, stamina or disco/ with quand même content) who was similar to the previous abiab08-concerts. Stef was very static, probably due to the big textbook (? I was at the other side) which guided him through the concert. It was just one of the signs that showed that ‘our’ band wanted to play perfect. (is this recording future bonus-disc material?). There were some errors, but most of them were covered by the nice atmosphere… other times they wanted it really good, and so they did 3 attempts to play Pretty Girl. Only the second time the entire song was played. On their last attempt the lyrics went like this: “I’m talking ’bout the f*ck”. 

+ it was a pity someone sneezed during the fragile Moving through life as prey.
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Photo by Libelia Desplenter (tnx)
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Interview, some songs, photos & a report @ radio1.be

on air – exit 5-03-2008 (no longer online):
17′55″
interview with stef about being nervous (he’s not) and the a band in a box concept.

1u14′00″
I feel alive in the city
thinking about you all the time

2u30′00″
interview with stef and tom about…
- the sound of the studio (little resonance) and audience (silent)
- tom leaving (nothing we didn’t now already) & who will replace him (stef says they don’t know yet, he’s looking for a guitarplayer who can sing)
track: everything is not the same

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Review by Karolien Taverniers

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setlist

+ There was also a camera crew… so maybe we’ll hear (and see) more of it.